About Rudolf von Jhering
Caspar Rudolph von Jhering (German: [ˈjeːrɪŋ]; also Ihering; 22 August 1818 – 17 September 1892) was a German jurist. He is best known for his 1872 book Der Kampf ums Recht (The Struggle for Law), as a legal scholar, and as the founder of a modern sociological and historical school of law. His ideas were important to the subsequent development of the "jurisprudence of interests" in Germany. == Life and career == Jhering was born on 22 August 1818 in Aurich, the Kingdom of Hanover. He entered Heidelberg University in 1836 and also studied at the University of Göttingen, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and starting 1838 at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, where he obtained his PhD. Of all his teachers, Georg Friedrich Puchta was the most influential one to him. In 1844, after graduating as a doctor juris, Jhering established himself in Berlin as Privatdozent for Roman law, and delivered public lectures on the Geist des römischen Rechts (Spirit of Roman law), the theme that may be said to have constituted his life's work. In 1845, he became an ordinary professor at the University of Basel, in 1846 at the University of Rostock, in 1849 at Kiel University, and in 1851 at the University of Giessen. He left his mark at each of those seats of learning; beyond any other of his contemporaries he animated the dry bones of Roman law. In that period, the German juristic world was still under the dominating influence of Savigny. The older school looked askance at the young professor, who attempted to build up a system of jurisprudence based on natural justice.
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